Dan Ziv

Dan Ziv was born in 1936 in Ayelet HaShahar

Dan Ziv was born Dan Kaminer, the son of Simcha and Rachel. He grew up on Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar.

In 1954 he volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade and joined Battalion 890, where he trained as a fighter and then as a squad leader. In 1956 he completed an infantry officers course and became a platoon commander. In Operation Kadesh he parachuted with his men and fought at the Mitla, drawing enemy fire so Egyptian positions could be found and helping rescue wounded men under heavy fire.

In the reserves he held command posts in Brigade 55. In the Six-Day War he was deputy commander of Battalion 71, which broke through the Dung Gate in the battle for Jerusalem. In 1970 he went to Iraq for the Mossad to give military aid to the Kurds.

In the Yom Kippur War he commanded reserve paratroop Battalion 565, which crossed the Suez Canal in rubber boats in Operation Abirey Halev. His force then fought at Serafeum and got out with losses.

He managed the tire mold factory at Ayelet HaShahar and later joined the Eisenberg company, working on international industrial projects. He lived in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv. He died in 2022 and was buried at Kiryat Shaul military cemetery.